Intel Core i9-9980HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3558 points
6264 points
76% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4626 points
7696 points
66% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3403 points
5820 points
71% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3616 points
5710 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8280 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6544 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

132.90 points
175.52 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6312 points
7263 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1386 points
1794 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6310 points
7587 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1411 points
1845 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

480th of 1,089
239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9980HK vs Ryzen 9 5900HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i9-9980HK in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9980HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-9980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9980HK. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-9980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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